Tag: Wilbur Ross

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2017
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Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson have already lobbed objections to Jim Bridenstine, President Donald Trump‘s pick to head NASA. Now, more than 30 Florida scientists signed a letter to the state’s U.S. senators, urging them to outright reject Bridenstine when he comes up for confirmation. Among the criticisms that scientists around the nation have voiced about Bridenstine […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2017
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President Donald Trump barely carried Duval County in 2016. Yet, for Jacksonville power brokers, the Trump era has meant access to the White House. The most recent manifestation of that was just this week, as a JAX Chamber delegation was received by one of the more important people in Trump’s orbit: Omarosa Manigault. Manigault has a […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 25, 2017
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Wilbur Ross, Donald Trump’s selection to be the country’s next Commerce Secretary, told U.S. Senator Bill Nelson earlier this week that after he’s confirmed by the U.S. Senate, one of the first things he’ll do is meet with scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That’s the agency that controls the National Weather Service and conducts […]

Associated PressJanuary 24, 2017
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The Latest on activities in Congress (all times EST): 12:25 p.m. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has overwhelmingly approved South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley‘s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. By voice vote, the panel recommended President Donald Trump‘s selection of Haley to the full Senate. She is expected to be confirmed […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 17, 2017
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A group of Florida scientists have an urgent message for Wilbur Ross: Support science and defend Florida’s coastline, as it could save your own home. Ross, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Commerce, has owned a $22 million, 15,500-square-foot Palm Beach mansion on the Intracoastal Waterway since 2008. “In your new role as the Secretary of Commerce, you […]


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